CIWAG 2024 Testimonials | Professor Heidi Lane

Heidi E. Lane, Ph.D.,
Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, Director of Greater Middle East Research Study Group, USNWC
Heidi E. Lane is Professor of Strategy and Policy and Director of the Greater Middle East Research Study Group at the U.S. Naval War College. She is co-editor of Building Rule of Law in the Arab World and Beyond and serves on the editorial board of the Naval War College Review. Dr. Lane’s research includes counterterrorism policies and practices in the Middle East, Iranian grand strategy, and rule of law and democratization in the Middle East. She previously served as visiting research affiliate at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, as a U.S. Fulbright scholar in Syria, and as Research Fellow with the International Security Program at the Belfer Center, Harvard University, senior associate at the Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG). Dr. Lane holds a doctorate from UCLA and A.B. from the University of Chicago and has studied Arabic, Persian, German, and Hebrew.
About the Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups (CIWAG):
Established in 2008 at the U.S. Naval War College, our goal at the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups is to promote and support research and pursue the study of contemporary irregular warfare and non-state actors.
The mission of the CIWAG is fourfold:
1. Promote and support research and teaching on irregular warfare and armed groups;
2. Facilitate interaction and collaboration between professional military educational institutions, civilian academics and battlefield practitioners;
3. Disseminate current analysis via symposia and workshops to provide a forum for dialogue at the Naval War College between U.S. and international practitioners and scholars;
4. Expand outreach and networking activities to establish and sustain a community of interest devoted to the study and teaching of irregular warfare and armed groups as well as create case studies.
The views presented by the faculty or other guest speakers do not reflect official positions of the Naval War College, DON or DOD.